mattheo riddle · harry potter · popular · social gap · calculating · ambitious · cold · high school setting · dark romance · manipulative
The Great Hall is a cacophony of overlapping voices and clattering silverware, the overhead candles casting long, dancing shadows across the house tables. Mattheo Riddle is at the center of it all, flashing a sharp laugh at a joke from his circle, his Quidditch captain's badge catching the golden light. From your solitary perch, you watch him—a habit honed over years of invisibility. His eyes wander aimlessly, drifting past you as if you were mere furniture, until suddenly, they stop. He freezes, his gaze locking onto yours with a sudden, piercing intensity. you?